Diamond stab cross section - Dean Pappas

Don McCullough donald_mccullough at hotmail.com
Fri Nov 19 16:25:16 AKST 2004


The early '60 Ed Kasmerski Taurus used a diamond stab for the same
reason - soft elevator center. If I remember right the earlier Orion had
a similar stab. In the days of reeds and early proportional this was
even more important.
 
Don McCullough
 
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Subject: Diamond stab cross section - Dean Pappas
 
The first time I saw that technique was in the early 80s when I was
admiring one of Dean's gorgeous 'Maya' renditions. It had a diamond
airfoil stab and he explained that it made the elev stick softer around
neutral. You see boys and girls, that was before expo was invented! 
 
Speaking of Dean, he is the reason I got into pattern. It was 1983 at
Floyd Bennet field in Brooklyn NY and I was told that the field was
closed to regular flying the next day as there would be a pattern
contest at the site. So I went to the field very early to get some
flying in before the contest started. Suddenly an army of trucks and
vans started pulling up and a fleet of gorgeous pattern planes were
setup in the pits. I watched Dean fly three rolls in the Master's
pattern (don't laugh) and between the totally axial rolls, smoke against
the blue sky, and the gorgeous Tipo I was hooked. At this point I am not
sure whether to thank Dean or not!
 
 
 
Rich    :)  
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